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Baleares

Also called: 巴利阿里 Beta

Spain · Tier V · CA Cruiser · Tech Tree: Ready Rack Cruisers

AP citadel cruiserPunish broadsides with AP citadels; Sonar clears islands and smoke before you commit.

Playstyle

Work the islands rather than a firing line
Avoid: Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

Key characteristics

2.15 sigma accuracyHeavy HE shellsSonarHeavy AP shellsHigh HP poolSlow reload

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Across 2,300+ Standard battles from 210+ players, Baleares averages a 60% win rate, 46,000 damage and 1.1 kills per battle, and survives 35% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Baleares is a Tier V Spanish heavy cruiser whose 203mm guns earn citadels on broadsides at 4,800 AP alpha (3rd of 28), with Sonar as her vision tool: it lets her contest islands and smoke without exposing the hull. Standout traits: AP overmatch threshold in T5 CAs (14.1 mm, 5th of 28) and heavy AP shells in T5 CAs (4,800, 3rd of 28). The trade is worst main battery reload in T5 CAs (25 s, 28th of 28).

Positioning

Work the islands rather than a firing line. Sonar (4 km on ships, 3 km on torpedoes) is the whole kit, and it only pays inside that radius, so hold the cover beside a contested cap and use it to catch destroyers and torpedoes coming around the corner: HE into the destroyer, AP into any cruiser that shows you a broadside while it sits in smoke. Firing from a friendly smoke reveals you at 6.8 km, so pick the salvo rather than holding the trigger. Both phases of a turn are slow (9.6 s on the rudder, a 740 m circle), so course changes are a plan rather than a reaction: set the angle before you are shot at.

Potato Avoidance

Pushing in blind because the kit says brawler

4-km Sonar is what makes the close fight winnable, and it only helps once you are already committed; it does not tell you what is waiting two islands over. Push when a destroyer is lit or a teammate holds vision, not to find out who is there.

Signature Traits

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 14.1 mm
Heavy AP shells · 4800 damage
Tight grouping
Heavy HE shells · 3100 damage

High HP pool ↗

35100 HP, top decile of T5 CAs.

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Heavy secondary DPM · 144240 secondary
Burny secondaries · 8%

MAIN BATTERY DOWNSIDES ↗

Slow reload · 25 s
Stiff AP fuse · over-pens plate under 34 mm

Acquisition

How to get Baleares

Baleares is available in the Ready Rack Cruisers branch of the Spain Tech Tree for 2,400,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 600,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

History: Early Access Sep 2025 – Oct 2025 (temporary crate drops, now ended).

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Spain Tech Tree

Baleares sits in the Ready Rack Cruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Spain tree.

5 ships in highlighted branch · scroll to inspect all Spain lines.

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Cruiser

Tier ★CastillaPSSC110 Tier VIIIAndalucíaPSSC109 Tier VIICataluñaPSSC108 Tier VIAsturiasPSSC107 Tier VBalearesPSSC106 Tier IVGaliciaPSSC105 Tier IIIAlmirante CerveraPSSC104 Tier IINavarraPSSC103 Tier IJúpiterPSSC101

Best listed chance for this ship

Anniversary '26 Spanish crate 5% V Baleares Event · Anniversary '26 Spanish crate
Spanish Cruiser Big Crate 4% V Baleares Early access · Spanish Cruiser Big Crate
Spanish Cruiser crate 2.001% V Baleares Early access · Spanish Cruiser crate

Official WG availability sources

Spanish Wave: Early Access Cruisers, Calendar, and Collection Early Access Start: 2025-09-05 · End: 2025-10-01
- Tier III–VIII Spanish cruisers (Almirante Cervera, Galicia, Baleares, Asturias, Cataluña, and Andalucía) can be found in Spanish Cruiser crates and Spanish Cruiser Big Crates, with the latter offering a higher chance of receiving a ship.

Show direct source rows

Anniversary '26 Spanish crate 5% · V Baleares
Spanish Cruiser Big Crate 4% · V Baleares
Spanish Cruiser crate 2.001% · V Baleares

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Builds

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Cohort position

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Where Baleares sits among Tier V CAs (27 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

BestSigma2.15 (1/28) BestSecondary DPM (per side)144,240 (1/25) LongestAP fuse timer0.033 s (1 of 10 tied) Top 10%Hit points35,100 HP (2/28) Top 10%AP shell damage4,800 (3/28) Top 10%Secondary fire chance8% (3/25) Top 25%Main battery caliber203 mm (5/28) Top 25%HE shell damage3,100 (4/24) Top 25%Secondary HE alpha1,700 (5/25) Top 25%Secondary HE pen20 mm (5/25) Top 25%Torpedo damage≈14,633 (7/24) Top 25%Citadel belt110 mm (6/28) Bottom 25%Smoke fire bloom6.77 km (24/28) Bottom 25%Turning circle740 m (25/28) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.24 (19/24) Bottom 25%Time to 90% speed25.8 s (26/28) Bottom 25%Acceleration (0-12 kt)9.2 s (23/28) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold34 mm (23/28) Bottom 25%Power-to-weight6.57 hp/t (25/28) Bottom 25%Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)147,681 (19/24) Bottom 25%AA DPS151 (25/28) Bottom 25%Torpedo range7.02 km (19/24) Bottom 25%Torpedo speed59 kt (20/24) Bottom 10%Rudder shift9.6 s (27/28) Bottom 10%Displacement13,700 t (27/28) WorstMain battery reload25 s (28/28)

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Not standouts for Baleares -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Max speed33 kt(13/28) Concealment12.04 km(17/28) Air detection7.22 km(17/28) Main battery range14.49 km(13/28) HE DPM108,218(18/24) AP DPM167,564(20/28) Main dispersion133 m(16/28) AP velocity855 m/s(15/28) HE velocity855 m/s(13/24) Engine power90,000 hp(13/28) Power / turn radius121.6 hp/m(17/28) AP pen at 10 km177 mm(10/28) Secondary range4.5 km(11/25) AA range4.5 km(14/28) AA threat532(21/28) Flak damage per salvo (expected)576(9/26) Torpedo reaction time7.6 s(11/24) Torpedo reload80 s(14/24) Max armor110 mm(10/28) Bow armor16 mm(13/28) Stern armor16 mm(14/28) NormAP ricochet start45°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(25 of 28 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(25 of 28 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 30,300 → 35,100

Displacement13,700 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

194 x 19.42 m

Armor range13–110 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 25, 30, 37, 38, 50, 51, 75, 84, 110 mm

Armor material/layer entries61

Fire resistance

stock hull: 1 − 0.8002 fire coefficient = 20%; top hull: 1 − 0.7669 fire coefficient = 23.3%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

Initial: 20% → 23.3%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 35,100 HP = 3,159 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 35,100 HP = 3,510 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.3 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 10%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

10%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

17,600

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

10,500

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,000 = 4,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

2,000

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 4,300 = 8,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

4,300

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 26,300 = 52,600), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

26,300

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,600 = 3,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,600

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 2,600 = 5,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

2,600

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 203 mm/50 BL Model 1924 Mk.D

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload timeInitial: 27 s → 25 s

Firing range (base)13.2 km

Firing range (top fire control)14.5 km

Turret traverse8 °/s

Turret armor25 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

2x ±146°, 2x ±147°

Guns to bear

180° − 146° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 34° off bow; 180° − 147° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 33° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc.

34° off bow / 33° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shells in Rack2

Ready Rack Reload2.5 s

Shell Grouping (σ)2.15

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (14.5 km) shells land in an ellipse about 133 m wide and 80 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.

Standard cruiser

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{14492.5}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 133 m

133 m at 14.5 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 133 \cdot 0.6 = 79.8 m

79.8 m at 14.5 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 133 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.15} = 37.1 m

37.1 m at 14.5 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 79.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2.15} = 22.3 m

22.3 m at 14.5 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 8 deg/s traverse speed = 22.5 s.

22.5 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x2.5 s rack + 27 s base reload) cycle = 32.5. All upgrades (top gun): 8 broadside guns x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x2.5 s rack + 25 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 34.9.

Initial: 32.5 → 34.9

Ready-rack burst alpha

2 rack salvos x 8 broadside guns x 4,800 AP damage. Total damage the ship can deliver in the burst before reverting to base reload.

76,800

Burst window

(2-1) gaps x 2.5 s rack reload. Wall-clock from the first to the last rack salvo; the next salvo after that uses the base reload.

2.5 s

HE shells

HE alpha3,100

HE Velocity855 m/s

Fire Chance15%

HE fire DPM vs T5 BB21690

Effective HE DPM vs T5 BB81210

HE penetration

34 mm ≈ 203 mm caliber / 6 (standard HE penetration ratio).

34 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

3,100 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 24,800.

24,800

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 24,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x2.5 s rack + 27 s base reload) cycle = 100,881. All upgrades (top gun): 24,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x2.5 s rack + 25 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 108,218.

Initial: 100,881 → 108,218

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 32.5 shells/min × 0.15 (15% fire chance) = 4.88. All upgrades (top gun): 34.9 shells/min × 0.15 (15% fire chance) = 5.24.

Initial: 4.88 → 5.24

AP shells

AP alpha4,800

AP Velocity855 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold34 mm

AP overmatch

floor(203 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

14 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {116.1}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot 855^{1.38} = 390.9 mm

390.9 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 388.9 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {116.1}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {388.9}^{1.38} = 131.8 mm

131.8 mm at 14.5 km

AP full-salvo alpha

4,800 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 38,400.

38,400

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 38,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x2.5 s rack + 27 s base reload) cycle = 156,203. All upgrades (top gun): 38,400 AP full-salvo alpha x 2 burst salvos / ((2-1)x2.5 s rack + 25 s all-upgrades reload) cycle = 167,564.

Initial: 156,203 → 167,564

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Triple

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes

Reload time80 s

Projectile speed59.0 kt

Range7.02 km

Maximum simulated damage

Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 43, 900 \cdot 0.333 = 14, 633

. In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.

≈ 14,633

Maximum damage (ammunition)

43,900 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,100 blast = 15,733. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.

15,733

Torpedo module damage

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure.

1,100

Torpedo detectability1.2 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.2 km}{59 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.6 s

. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.

7.6 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.62 per hit, shown as

2.62 \times 100 = 262 %

. Values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection.

262%

Torpedo launcher traverse12 °/s

Launch arcscentreline 0.2°

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{12 ° / s} = 15 s

15 s

Torp Arming188 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 14,633 = 87,798. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

87,798

AA Defense

AA mount pointsInitial: 0 → 8

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 0 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

20 mm/65 C/38 L/308×1 20mm

120 mm/45 Mk.F (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

8×1 120mm

88 mm/45 Flak MPL C/13 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

4×1 88mm

Guns120 mm/45 Mk.F (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 85 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

Guns88 mm/45 Flak MPL C/13 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 9 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Far 85 + Inner Far 9 = 94

Guns20 mm/65 C/38 L/30

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 19 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 57 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Outer Far 85 + Inner Far 9 + Near 57 = 151

151

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 4 clouds per salvo × 160 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.

2 per salvo, 2 clouds each

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

160

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4.5 km

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 1 cloud ahead of the attacking squadron - up to 2 clouds per salvo × 160 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.

2 per salvo, 1 cloud each

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

160

Cloud spawn chance

90%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 4 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts12

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 5.4 + 1.2 = 6.6. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

6.6

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 8×1 120 mm (4/side) × 60/3.571 s (3.5 s = 25 ticks) × 1700 = 114,240 + 4×1 88 mm (2/side) × 60/4 s × 1000 = 30,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

144,240

Secondary fire DPM vs T5 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 6.6 × (1 − 0.233 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 54,550 HP = 49,525. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

49,525

Total secondary DPM vs T5 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 144,240 + secondary fire DPM 49,525 = 193,765: shell damage plus fire damage against one T5 battleship, every shell hitting.

193,765

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

286.5 m

Caliber120 mm

Reload time3.5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity808 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

8×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3.571 s (3.5 s = 25 ticks) × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 5.4. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

5.4

HE Pen20 mm

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Caliber88 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,000

Muzzle Velocity890 m/s

Fire Chance4%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×1 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.04 (4% fire chance) = 1.2. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

1.2

HE Pen15 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power90,000 hp

Maximum speed33.0 kt

Turning circle radius740 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 13.4 s → 9.6 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 33 / 4 + 4.9 = 13.2 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

13.2 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.

29.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

11.0 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33.0 kt).

25.8 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33.0 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

41.5 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 5.5°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 8 − 5.5 = +2.5°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+2.5°/s spare)

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Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.04 km x 0.955 = 11.5 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

12.04 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 12.04 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 11.5 km.

11.5 km

Detectability by air7.22 km

Smoke firing penalty6.77 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.04 km) = 14.49 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

14.49 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 7.22 km + gun-firing bloom 4.06 km = 11.28 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 203 mm × 0.020 = 4.06 km.

11.28 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 12.04 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.04 km.

14.04 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 7.22 km + 3.0 km while burning = 10.22 km.

10.22 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 100 s active · 4 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{133 \times 30}{1000} = 4 km$
· 3 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{100 \times 30}{1000} = 3 km$

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.

Module options (3)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points30,300 → 35,100
Rudder shift13.4 → 9.6 s
AA mounts0 → 8
Close-range AA DPS0 → 19
Maximum AA range0 → 2 km

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range13,175 → 14492.5 m

ArtilleryUpgrade

Base reload27 → 25 s

Under the hood

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard cruiserStandard

The standard cruiser dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 m. How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km27.5 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14492.5 = 7246$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14492.5 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7246} = 0.407$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 67.5 \cdot 0.407 = 27.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.9 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14492.5 = 7246$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14492.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7246}{14492.5 - 7246} = 0.538$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.538 = 54.9 m$ .

AP pen 5 km260 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {116.1}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {636.7}^{1.38} = 260 mm$ , where 636.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 855 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km177 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {116.1}^{0.69} \cdot {0.203}^{- 1.07} \cdot {480.8}^{1.38} = 177 mm$ , where 480.8 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 855 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.76 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3463 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 116.1} = 4.83 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 855 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.76 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3463 \cdot {0.203}^{2}}{8 \cdot 116.1} = 4.83 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 855 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)8

4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,400

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass116.1 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.3463

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity855 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

HE muzzle velocity855 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius8

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius1.1

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 s

1200 m / (59.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.6 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed59.0 kt

Travel time to max range44.3 s

7020 m / (59.0 kt × 2.6855) = 44.3 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count12

4 launchers × 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

12 wing tubes / 2 = 6: the launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.

Full-salvo damage175,596

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 14,633 = 175,596. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range85

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 20mm Flak 38 8x1 -> 57 DPS @ 2 km; 88mm45 SK L45 4x1 -> 9 DPS @ 4 km; 120mm45 Mark F 8x1 -> 85 DPS @ 4.5 km.

AA DPS layered by range85 DPS @ 4.5 km, 94 DPS @ 4 km, 151 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4.5 km: 85 from one family; @ 4 km: 9 + 85 = 94; @ 2 km: 57 + 9 + 85 = 151. Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank151

57 + 9 + 85 = 151 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index532

57 × 2 + 9 × 4 + 85 × 4.5 = 532. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1700

max(1700 (120 mm), 1000 (88 mm)) = 1700. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 120 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

max(8% (120 mm), 4% (88 mm)) = 8%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 120 mm family.

Max HE pen20 mm

max(20 mm (120 mm), 15 mm (88 mm)) = 20 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 20 mm from the 120 mm family.

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Background

In 1926, Spain ordered two "Washington Treaty" cruisers, Canarias and Baleares, named after Spanish archipelagos. Their construction was delayed until the Nationalists seized the shipyards and sped up work. Baleares joined the Málaga offensive, raiding shipping and coastal defenses before being sunk by Republican destroyers at the Battle of Cape Palos.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 30,300 → 35,100 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 93+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel110 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 23%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 16–75 mm)	2,000 (6% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	25 mm primary (range 25–51 mm)	26,300 (75% of HP)	Overmatched by 380mm+ AP (Bayern, Gneisenau)Angle bounces 356mm25 mm: HE pens from 150mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–75 mm)	2,600 (7% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Moltke, Graf Spee)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	110 mm primary (range 13–110 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	13 mm primary (range 13–75 mm)	1,600 (5% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	17,600 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (120 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (20 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	10,500 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Baleares can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
Modernist Heritage (Baleares)Decorative

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2025-09-05 · Early access / tech tree line Spanish Wave: Early Access Cruisers, Calendar, and Collection Line source 2025-10-02 · Patch notes Halloween Update: Misty Voyage Patch notes

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Overview

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Builds

Cohort position

Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

Under the hood

Main battery formulas

Model inputs

Torpedoes

AA defense

Secondary battery firepower

Ship Charts

Background

Armor Beta

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